European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday july 12,1990 by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a after 13 years the army a annual skill qualification test is on its Way out. Privates specialists and corporals will not have Tot Ike the exam after november. By oct. I 1991, the test also will be eliminated for sergeants staff Serge hts and sergeants first class Quot but the noncommissioned i officers will be required to take a new yearly developed to measure their leadership skills and Job proficiency. The new exam will be called the no self development test. Pri nary source of question me soldiers  will be expected to stuff during their free time. A this is a different concept because it places the responsibility on the individual no a said maj. A1 Kaminsky of the army a training directorate. A that weft Yew tight be unit from devoting trimming time for. The Mew exam will Boen annually with separate tests for each Row it each military occupational specially. The new tests will eventually Peconie a key Factor in determining promotions assignments and retention said a memo from Gen. Carl Vuono. The army a chief of staff. They also will be linked to the no education system and May be a come a prerequisite for attendance at the Basic no or advanced no courses the memo said. Vuono expects the training and doctrine come to present recommendations apr the new tests by aug. 1. Sift Tower enlisted soldiers will no longer be tests cos will be responsible for  officials said. A the Sot has generally outlived its usefulness Kaminsky said. From paged \ manageable disruption in the ranks. \ a these Are Nunns numbers a a knowledgeable source said. A a it a a fact of life that to Gerthe savings we a it this is what we have to  / Coney has indicated that he is willing to accept Leaf Force a 6 percent reduction >,000, compared to the adm Nistra w Cut of As Many As 380,000 soldiers sailors and airmen Over he next five or six years a if carried out gradually Ana if military threats to the us Ltd states continue to was / the Senate panels cuts would be apportioned approximately As follows a /. A 40jjo0 from the army a 5.2 percent Cut from current strength of 744,000. The administration rec commend cola 17,000 Cut. / a 22,00 from the Navy a 3.8 percent Cut from the current 59l00o, compared to Cheney a proposed 6,000. V t a 34,000 i pm the from the current 545, Tiona a proposed l5,00 a a 3,000 from he Marine corps a 1.6 percent Cut from current slrel$g0 of 197,000, compared to Zero by the administration. A senior army crucial said that the 40,000-Man Cut advocated by thess mate panel a will Force us to Start ripping apart ouf no non commissioned officer corps and will scam to a turmoil and turbulence throughout the service. A. He said that army officials had determined that the service cannot Cut More Jhan 35.000 troops a year without Lay Irujo off Soldier and officers delaying pro a micros and having units seriously undermanned. A this is die kind of helter shelter cuts we re trying to avoid. People and combat capability will pay he said. V the officer said that lawmakers were taking the easy route of cutting soldiers who Hay no Strong political voice a her than a weapons system like the i tank which employs thousands of unionized workers and is built Bylthe influential Genera dynamics corp. The Senate conventional forces panel that recommended continued purchases of the my is chaired by sen. Jcarl Levin a Mich. The tank inbuilt by United Auto workers members at Sterling Heights Mich., and Lima ohio.0vcr the past six years general dynamics contributed More than $46,000 to the 11 members of the Senate subcommittee. Levin who is up for re election this year received the maximum allowable from the giant defense contractor�?$10,000. R Levin and other defenders of the my claim that it is essential to keep the tank line open to maintain americans military Industrial capacity in Case world tensions  from Pago 1 said. Only two soldiers arc suspected of dealing drugs he said. In late june investigators found cocaine residue and materials used to manufacture the Rock form of cocaine in the housing area apartment Foster said. He would not name the housing area where the evidence was discovered. Police said they arrested a Soldier three family members and a . Citizen with no connection to the government in the raid on the apartment. They were not identified tuesday. While the crack form of cocaine is still uncommon in West Germany Law enforcement agencies have expected its arrival Foster said. A a it a in England now a Foster said. A German police see it rarely but they see it. Its a natural progression that sooner or later it would be  no information was available tuesday on charges against the americans. / a Millard Fuller left with Andrew Young an amp Fprmer president Carter. Man at rear is unidentified. Ions for poor group Americus a. Apr the millionaire founder of habitat for humanity is keeping people at Arm s length these Days while its leaders and backers struggle with allegations that he improperly hugged and touched five female workers. Cult to defend  no can Inal charges have been filed against Fuller 55. The wot pen have not been identified and their allegations Havle been described Only in general terms. The allegations have sent the Oreana eation a founder and guiding spirit Millard Fuller into near exile Geoff Van pucks chairman of habitat for humanity International inc., has said the women alleged ,. ,. A nothing criminal Hen they complained to a Habi and put an uncharacteristic Strain on habitat a chaplain. \ v 1 a a a they claim inappropriate comments and inappropriate hugging and touching. They be never Ever claimed anything More. Or is there a hint of anything More a Van Loucks said. A let me make Clear there was no sexual Intercourse Quot Fuller who founded habitat Xith his wife Linda also is to move his base of operations to Atlanta. Because of a reorganization that a planned before the controversy he has changed his title from executive director to president. \ strongly religious organization that uses a sweat Equi Tyr to build housing Tor the poor around the world. The group has a $50 million budget and 100,000 . Volunteers including former president Carter. A it has been a situation that has caused a lot of pain because we re All very close a said Claire Williams spokeswoman for habitats Board. Fuller who says he Only touched the women in exuberant shows of Friendship still can be found chatting with habitat volunteers. But he avoids the Headquarters these Days and is careful How he greets people. A i no longer initiate hugs a he said in an interview. A when charges of this nature Are made its very diff the organization also hired the mennonite conciliation service to counsel Fuller and the women. But there have been divisions Over whether enough has been done. The German american drug sweep resulted in the seizure of a 220-Pound shipment of cocaine in Portugal in addition to 37.4 pounds of hashish 5.32 ounces of cocaine and 4.84 pounds of heroin in Frankfurt. Investigators provided authorities in Portugal with information that led to seizure of the cocaine before it could hit the Frankfurt streets Foster said. The cocaine has a Street value of $104 million he said while the drugs seized in Frankfurt were valued at about $4 million. In a similar operation last year drugs Worth about $786,000 were seized and 151 arrests made including 60 services Erners and three . Civilians. This years operation was successful largely because the teams concentrated on dealers instead of users Nagel said. A we want to arrest Good dealers a Nagel said. A if you want to make easy cases its not difficult to go into the drug scene and arrest a person who is a  most arrests were made in the area around Frankfurt a main train station Nagel said. Non americans apprehended included moroccans turks nigerians yugoslavian and  from Paget some . Foreign minister Joe Clark of Canada told reporters a there will probably be some announcements of fairly substantial action by some countries in the next four or five  a a a in their political statement the leaders toasted Quot the replacement of repressive regime in Central and Eastern Europe by governments freely chosen by their  referring to the troubled Reform bonded government in Moscow the leaders said a we Corth it ourselves to working with the soviet Union to assist Iti fibres to create an open society a pluralistic democracy and a Market oriented  a Secretary of slate James a. Baker Iii said to would Hope that there would be a consensus coming out of this Summit. That technical assistance to the soviet Union is warranted even under the circumstances that exist to Day the world Bank issued a statement saying the work would take at least a year to Complete